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The Eastern Border

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Soviet Union and shaping current Russia and it’s Government and Ideologies. The government of the USSR. History of the Soviet rule. Laws, culture and everyday life of a Soviet citizen. What did they see? How did they get by? What did they go through? And what is left after the collapse of USSR?
The other side of the cold war - talking about politics in the EU, history of the USSR and the Eastern European region in general. Mostly for Americans, who also happen to be history geeks. Also, we're all friends here, and have beer!

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Tuesday · 41 min
2.55 They will hang me
CIA Director John Ratcliffe didn’t fly to Moscow to negotiate with diplomats—he flew in to hand the FSB a spreadsheet proving the Russian Empire is [...]
August 26 · 48 min
Dark Autumn 3
Greetings, comrades! Welcome back to The Eastern Border for the definitive, third installment of the Dark Autumn series: The Latgalian Siege. Recorded straight from the [...]
August 20 · 43 min
2.53 TFUM
Time to put on our Wall Street suits and dive into the spreadsheets to calculate the TFUM: The Total F*cked Up Metric. The Russian Federation [...]
August 17 · 1 hr 16 min
2.52 Serfdom Forever
Welcome to Serfdom Forever! The demographic hemorrhage has become so catastrophic that Moscow is now renting North Korean indentured servants to roll sushi in the [...]
August 14 · 48 min
2.51 The Pirate, the Piglet, and the Cartel
In this special 7,000+ word extended autopsy set to the aggressive thrash metal of golden-era Metallica, I dismantle the terminal rot, financial death spirals, and [...]
August 12 · 43 min
2.50 The 800,000 Ghosts
Welcome back to The Eastern Border. In Episode 2.50, we descend into the terminal madness of the Russian state apparatus. With the federal budget blowing [...]
August 10 · 39 min
2.49 Crazy Vova’s Mad Emporium
Welcome back to The Eastern Border. I had a bit of a doozy with health, but we’re back now! In Episode 2.49, we take a [...]
July 31 · 51 min
2.48 Dark Autumn for Russia 2
Back in April, the white-paper dreamers in Washington told you the Russian state was a rational actor optimizing its war effort. We used the Ponyatiya [...]
July 29 · 51 min
2.47 I am a Bobbit Worm and I do “BLOOP”
Ukrainian deep-strike drones are acting as mechanical Bobbit worms—buried deep in the operational rear, snapping Russia’s supply chains in half. In Episode 2.47, we wade [...]
July 27 · 59 min
2.46: National Peculiarities of Russian Freemasonry
When an empire starts running out of money, fuel, and soldiers, it doesn’t apologize—it doubles down on esoteric cosplay and window-dressing. In this episode of [...]
July 24 · 1 hr 1 min
2.45: The Wildberries Extinction Event
Ukraine’s long-range drone campaign has escalated into a systematic liquidation of Russia’s deep-rear logistics. As multi-billion-ruble Wildberries and Ozon distribution hubs burn from Krasnodar to [...]
July 11 · 1 hr 13 min
2.44 August Without an Emperor
August has always been a bad month for the Russian Empire. In this comprehensive Eastern European Gonzo brief, Kristaps Andrejsons rips through the sanitized corporate [...]
July 8 · 59 min
2.43 …but it sometimes rhymes
The software patches on the Kremlin’s digital autocracy have officially failed, and the nineteenth-century Tsarist operating system underneath is throwing rods in real time. In [...]
July 6 · 47 min
2.42 The Pantyhose Filter
Welcome back to the edge of the empire. In Episode 2.42, the grand illusion of the “Long War” officially crashes into a 69-hour line for [...]
June 26 · 44 min
2.41 All Hail Hypnotoad
The Russian state isn’t just collapsing; it’s being quietly appraised for a corporate buyout. In Episode 2.41, we dive into the terminal loop of the [...]
June 22 · 50 min
2.40 Fraud Watch
Welcome back to the studio at the edge of the empire. Today, the institutional lying known as Vranyo has officially collided with a physical, unyielding [...]
June 19 · 1 hr 1 min
2.39 Vranyo for Dummies
The global gas station has run out of gas. In Episode 2.39 of The Eastern Border, we pull back the heavy curtain of “Vranyo”—the mandatory, [...]
June 17 · 1 hr 2 min
The Eastern Border x Operator Starsky
Another of our collaboration episodes for the anniversary month! This time, with our good friend Operator Starsky! Trigger warning: There is mention of intimate activities [...]
June 15 · 51 min
2.38 Existential Fanfiction
Happy Anniversary to The Eastern Border! We are celebrating the madness of the post-Soviet space by watching the Russian Federation actively cannibalize its own economy [...]
June 14 · 1 hr 28 min
The Eastern Border x Advent of Computing
In our second anniversary episode, we chat with Sean from Advent of Computing about Russian internet blocks and much more! Car4Ukraine Eastern Border Summer Campaign! [...]

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